Station-indicator



y F. HEGYBELI.

STATION |NDICATOR. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 24, |919. v V l 1,357,558,Patented Nov. 2, 1920.y

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STATION-INDICATOR.

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Speecation of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov. 2, 1920.

appiieationsied october 24, 191e. seran No. 332,950.

fo all rcito/nt t may concern:

Be it known that l, lnnnNo HEGYBELI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Station-Indicators, ofwhich the following is a specication.

This invention relates to a station indicator adapted to indicate to thepassengers on a car the station at which the car will make the nextstop.

The invention has for an object to provide a simple and novel devicewhich will act automatically to indicate the next station stop as thecar leaves each station, and which will maintain such indication in viewuntil the following station is reached.

lFor further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim inA which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Figure 1 or1 the drawings is a diagrammatic elevation illustrating theapplication of the'invention. v

Fig. 2 is a detail fragmentary elevation showing` the novel contactmaking device applied in connection with the usual trolley pole andwire, the trolley wire and fixed contact .making member being insection.

Fig. 3 is a, trout view of the indicator proper.

Fig. 4t is a side view partly broken away, of the indicator proper.

A trolley car of ordinary type is shown at 1, and is provided with theusual trolley pole 2 which engages the ordinary overhead trolley wire 3by means of the wheel et, a guard wire 3 being indicated above thetrolley wire.

Carried upon the trolley pole 2 near the upper end thereof is a bracket5 in which is slidably held the pin 6 attached to a fork 7 in which isjournaled a wheel 8 similar to the wheel l. A coiled spring 9 surroundsthe pin 6 between the bracket 5 and fork 7 and presses the wheel 8upward, a collar 10 on the projecting lower end of the pin 6 limitingupward movement of the latter, the pin and iork extending parallel tothe trolley pole, and the axis of the wheel 8 being approximately inalinement with the axis of wheel 4.

Garried by one oit 'the cross wires 11 which support the trolley wire 3is a bar 12 from which is hung, by a rod 13, a short horizontaljviresection 141- having upturned ends 15, this wire section 14 beingelectrically connected to the trolley wire 3 as indicated at. 16, thiswire section being spaced laterally from the trolley wire a distanceequal to the spacing of the wheel 8 from the trolley' wheel 1, and beingon a level with the trolley wire so as to be engaged by wheel 8 when thecar reaches the proper point. It is to be understood that one or' thesewire sections will be located adjacent each station and Von the sidethereofv to be engaged by the wheel 8 as the car leaves the station.

From the inner end of the pin 6 a suitable insulated wire 18 leads downthe trolley pole and branches as at 19 and 2O to the indicating deviceswhich are preferably located one at each end of the caras indicated at21 and 22 in Fig. 1. Each of these indicating devices comprises a box 23which may be attached by any suitable means to the end wall of the car,or to any desired part.

Within this box is a solenoid 24C to which the branche-d wire 18 leads,the opposite terminal of the solenoid being grounded as indicated at 25in Fig. 1. The case 26 of this solenoid has connected thereto one end ofa lever 27 which is fulcrumed between its ends to a iixed bracket 28 andcarries'a pivoted pawl 29 on the opposite end. This pawl 29 engages aratchet wheel 30 fixed on a hori- Zontal shaft 31 suitably journaled vatopposite ends in the side walls of the box and having fixed also thereona reel 32 to which is attached one end of a tape 33 having printed ormarked thereon at proper intervals the names of the different stationsalong the route of the car. A spring 34 normally presses the pawl 29against the ratchet wheel, while a second spring 35, connected at oneend to the lever 27 and at its other end to the bracket 28, moves thepawl backward over the ratchet wheel after the latter has been advanced.

The opposite end of the tape 33 is attached to a second reel 36 fixed ona shaft 37 journaled in the walls of box 23 and having an exterior crankhandle 38 for manual operation. Located near the front wall of the boxis a pair of idler rollers 39 and 40 over which the tape 33 passes, thetape being thus brought parallel and adjacent to the front wall of thebox which is provided with soA an aperture 4l. oi suiiicient size toexpose the station names, one of which is indicatedat 42 in Fig. 3. Thewords cThe next stop is are preferably painted or otherwise marked onthe front face of the box just above the ogeningcg` il as shown in Fig.8.

. The operation is as follows: At the beginning oi the run the tape 33is wound on the reel 3G and positioned to have the first station stoprevealed in the opening All. As the oar leaves the first station stopthe wheel 8 contacts with the wire section 14 and closesafoircuitthrough branched wires 18 to the solenoid of eaeh indicator.rl`he solenoid being energized its core Q16 is retracted, operatr- Y inglever 27 and causing; pawl 29 to -rotate Y fraction oi a revolution andadvance the tape. until `the next sta-tion stop is indicated intheopening Lil. S leaves wire ift the solenoid is deenergized and spring'pulls lever 27 back to its original position. This operation isrepeated'as each station is successively reached. the vend of the run isreached the tape is rewound on the reel 36, pawl 29 beingnprovided 'witha handle 45 projecting Vthrough a slot/i6. in the box 23 linen wheel iWhen whereby it may beK lifted from the ratchet wheel 30 when the tapeis being rewound.

Having thus described my invention what ll claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, of the United States is as followsl-i currentcollector for electrically operated station lindicators Yfor carscomprising in combination with a trolley pole and trolley wire, aContact element arranged horizontally beside the trolley wire, near:each station, a `wheel resiliently niounted upon the trolley pole andadapted to engage said contact element, the mounting' means for saidwheel comprising a brac/liet lfixed to the trolley pole near theupperend thereof, a forked pin slidable in said bracket and ei;u tendingupwardly beside the trolley pole, and a spring` yieldingly pressing said'forked pin upwardly to establish a Contact between said Contact elementand said wheel, for actuating theeindioator, substantially as describedand for the `purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof l have afi1 fied my signature.- f

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